The Emerald Forest (1985)

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What kind of man would return year after year for ten years to rescue a missing boy from the most savage jungle in the world? His father.

For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. This is when Bill's adventure truly begins.

• Released: 1985-06-22
• Genres: Adventure, Drama
• Runtime: 1h 54m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.6/10 from 290 votes

Directed by John Boorman.

Top cast

• Powers Boothe as Bill Markham
• Charley Boorman as Tomme
• Meg Foster as Jean Markham
• Estee Chandler as Heather
• Dira Paes as Kachiri
• Eduardo Conde as Uwe Werner
• Ariel Coelho as Padre Leduc
• Peter Marinker as Perreira
• Mario Borges as Costa
• Yara Vaneau as Young Heather

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Emerald Forest

• United States: stream on ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel

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